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Introductory Observations Introductory Observations
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Political-Historical Overview Political-Historical Overview
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Structure and Dynamic of the Byzantine State: Political System Structure and Dynamic of the Byzantine State: Political System
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Apparatus Apparatus
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Urbanism Urbanism
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Military Organization Military Organization
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State and Economy State and Economy
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Political Ideology and Symbolic Universe Political Ideology and Symbolic Universe
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The Failure of the State The Failure of the State
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Conclusion Conclusion
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References References
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16 The Byzantine Successor State
Get accessJohn F. Haldon is Professor of History and Hellenic Studies at Princeton University. His research focuses on the history of the early and middle Byzantine empire; on state systems and structures across the European and Islamic worlds from late ancient to early modern times; and on the production, distribution, and consumption of resources in the late ancient and medieval world, especially in the context of warfare.
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Published:28 January 2013
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Abstract
This chapter examines the history of state formation in the Byzantine Empire, or the eastern Roman Empire, during the fourth century to the fifteenth century CE. It explains that the Byzantine successor state evolved out of Roman institutional arrangements structured as a hierarchy of administrative levels and that it was a complex bureaucracy which required a substantial degree of more-than-minimal clerical literacy for its day-to-day administration. The chapter also chronicles the growth of the town-based landlord elite or gentry that was associated with the economic expansion and growth of the period, and which had critical implications for state control over the distribution of resources.
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